2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code B96.89

Other specified bacterial agents as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

ICD-10-CM Code:
B96.89
ICD-10 Code for:
Oth bacterial agents as the cause of diseases classd elswhr
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
Chronic Condition Indicator: [1]
Not chronic
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Code Classification

  • Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
    (A00–B99)
    • Bacterial and viral infectious agents
      (B95-B97)
      • Other bacterial agents as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
        (B96)

B96.89 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of other specified bacterial agents as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere. The code is valid during the current fiscal year for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions from October 01, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

This code describes a circumstance which influences the patient's health status but not a current illness or injury. The code is unacceptable as a principal diagnosis.

Approximate Synonyms

The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:

  • Abscess gonococcal
  • Abscess gonococcal
  • Abscess gonococcal
  • Abscess gonococcal
  • Abscess of ankle
  • Abscess of breast associated with childbirth with attachment difficulty
  • Abscess of breast, associated with childbirth
  • Abscess of left foot
  • Abscess of Littré's glands
  • Abscess of liver
  • Abscess of right hand
  • Abscess of spinal cord caused by bacterium
  • Abscess of spinal epidural space caused by bacterium
  • Abscess of spinal subdural space caused by bacterium
  • Abscess of tendon sheath of left ankle
  • Abscess of tendon sheath of left ankle and/or foot
  • Abscess of tendon sheath of left foot
  • Abscess of tendon sheath of right hand
  • Abscess of urethral gland
  • Abscess of urethral gland
  • Abscess of urethral gland
  • Abscess of urethral gland due to Neisseria gonorrhoeae
  • Abscess of vulva
  • Acute bacterial endocarditis
  • Acute bacterial endophthalmitis following surgical procedure
  • Acute bacterial pharyngitis
  • Acute bacterial simple cystitis
  • Acute bacterial thyroiditis
  • Acute bacterial tonsillitis
  • Acute endophthalmitis
  • Acute infective cystitis
  • Acute infective endocarditis
  • Acute infective endocarditis
  • Acute lower urinary tract infection
  • Acute lymphangitis caused by bacterium
  • Acute postoperative endophthalmitis
  • Acute prostatitis
  • Acute pyelonephritis caused by bacterium
  • Acute thyroiditis
  • Anaerobic balanitis
  • Arcanobacterial mastitis
  • Arcanobacterium pyogenes infection of skin
  • Arthritis of bilateral knee joints caused by bacteria
  • Arthritis of left ankle caused by bacteria
  • Arthritis of left elbow caused by bacteria
  • Arthritis of left foot caused by bacteria
  • Arthritis of left hand caused by bacteria
  • Arthritis of left hip caused by bacteria
  • Arthritis of left knee caused by bacteria
  • Arthritis of left knee caused by bacteria
  • Arthritis of left shoulder caused by bacteria
  • Arthritis of left wrist caused by bacteria
  • Arthritis of left wrist caused by bacteria
  • Arthritis of right ankle caused by bacteria
  • Arthritis of right elbow caused by bacteria
  • Arthritis of right foot caused by bacteria
  • Arthritis of right hand caused by bacteria
  • Arthritis of right hip caused by bacteria
  • Arthritis of right knee caused by bacteria
  • Arthritis of right knee caused by bacteria
  • Arthritis of right shoulder caused by bacteria
  • Arthritis of right wrist caused by bacteria
  • Arthritis of right wrist caused by bacteria
  • Arthropathy associated with bacterial disease
  • Arthropathy of bilateral wrist joints
  • Ascending lymphangitis
  • Ascending lymphangitis caused by bacterium
  • Bacteremia caused by Chromobacterium
  • Bacteremia caused by Clostridium
  • Bacteremia caused by Coliform
  • Bacteremia caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
  • Bacteremia caused by Gram-positive bacteria
  • Bacteremia caused by Gram-positive bacteria
  • Bacterial arthritis of elbow
  • Bacterial arthritis of elbow
  • Bacterial balanitis
  • Bacterial cardiovascular infection
  • Bacterial chorioretinitis
  • Bacterial duodenitis
  • Bacterial ear infection
  • Bacterial endophthalmitis
  • Bacterial infection of peripheral nerve
  • Bacterial infection of the digestive tract
  • Bacterial infection of the nervous system
  • Bacterial infectious disease of heart
  • Bacterial liver abscess
  • Bacterial nephritis
  • Bacterial neuritis
  • Bacterial otitis externa
  • Bacterial panuveitis
  • Bacterial pleurisy
  • Bacterial portal cirrhosis
  • Bacterial prostatitis
  • Bacterial prostatitis
  • Bacterial prostatitis
  • Bacterial spondyloarthritis
  • Bacterial vaginosis
  • Bilateral arthritis of wrist
  • Bilateral arthritis of wrists caused by Bacteria
  • Bilateral infective arthritis of knees
  • Bilateral keratitis of eyes caused by bacteria
  • Bursitis caused by bacterial infection
  • Campylobacter periodontitis
  • Campylobacteriosis
  • Canaliculitis due to Pseudopropionibacterium propionicum
  • Chlamydial polyarthritis
  • Chronic endophthalmitis
  • Chronic postoperative bacterial endophthalmitis
  • Chronic postoperative endophthalmitis
  • Chronic prostatitis
  • Clostridial intra-amniotic fetal infection
  • Coliform urinary tract infection
  • Coliform urinary tract infection
  • Conjunctivitis of left eye caused by bacteria
  • Conjunctivitis of right eye caused by bacteria
  • Difficulty latching on to breast for feeding
  • Disease due to Moraxella
  • Disorder of neonatal umbilicus
  • Duodenal ulcer caused by bacterium
  • Duodenitis caused by Tropheryma whipplei
  • Encephalomyelitis caused by bacterium
  • Encephalomyelitis caused by Burkholderia
  • Endogenous bacterial endophthalmitis
  • Endogenous endophthalmitis
  • Epilepsy due to bacterial endocarditis
  • Erythema multiforme due to bacterial infection
  • Fecal peritonitis
  • Female pelvic inflammatory disease caused by Mycoplasma genitalium
  • Finding related to ability to latch on to breast for feeding
  • Fusobacterial necrotizing tonsillitis
  • Fusobacterium infection of skin
  • Gangrenous pharyngitis
  • Gangrenous tonsillitis
  • Gardnerella vaginitis
  • Gastric ulcer caused by bacterium
  • Gastritis caused by bacterium
  • Genital mycoplasma infection
  • Genital mycoplasma infection
  • Genital mycoplasma infection
  • Gingival disease due to bacteria
  • Gonococcal Littré gland abscess
  • Gonococcal paraurethral gland abscess
  • Gonococcal urethral abscess
  • Gram-negative infection of toe web
  • Granuloma of spinal epidural space caused by bacterium
  • Granuloma of spinal subdural space caused by bacterium
  • Haemophilus infection of the central nervous system
  • Helicobacter heilmannii gastritis
  • Helicobacter-associated gastritis
  • Infection caused by Enterobacter
  • Infection caused by Klebsiella aerogenes
  • Infection caused by Tropheryma
  • Infection causing encephalomyelitis
  • Infection causing encephalomyelitis
  • Infection causing granuloma of extradural space of spinal cord
  • Infection causing subacute endocarditis
  • Infection due to Arcanobacterium pyogenes
  • Infection due to Arcanobacterium pyogenes
  • Infection due to enterococcus
  • Infection due to ESBL bacteria
  • Infection due to Fusobacterium
  • Infection due to Fusobacterium
  • Infection of amniotic cavity
  • Infection of cranial nerve caused by bacterium
  • Infection of intervertebral disc caused by bacterium
  • Infection of lacrimal gland caused by bacterium
  • Infection of lower genitourinary tract co-occurrent with abscess of periurethral gland caused by Gonococcus
  • Infection of toe web
  • Infectious cirrhosis
  • Infectious lymphangitis
  • Infectious lymphangitis
  • Infectious lymphangitis
  • Infectious panuveitis
  • Infectious thyroiditis
  • Infective arthritis of elbow
  • Infective arthritis of elbow
  • Infective arthritis of joint of hand
  • Infective arthritis of joint of hand
  • Infective arthritis of left ankle
  • Infective arthritis of left elbow
  • Infective arthritis of left foot
  • Infective arthritis of left hand
  • Infective arthritis of left hip
  • Infective arthritis of left wrist
  • Infective arthritis of left wrist
  • Infective arthritis of right ankle
  • Infective arthritis of right elbow
  • Infective arthritis of right foot
  • Infective arthritis of right hand
  • Infective arthritis of right hip
  • Infective arthritis of right wrist
  • Infective arthritis of right wrist
  • Infective arthritis of wrist
  • Infective arthritis of wrist
  • Infective arthritis of wrist
  • Infective polyarthritis caused by bacteria
  • Infective polyarthritis caused by bacteria
  • Intra-amniotic infection of fetus
  • Keratitis of left eye caused by bacteria
  • Keratitis of right eye caused by bacteria
  • Klebsiella cystitis
  • Klebsiella oxytoca colitis
  • Lymphangitis caused by bacterium
  • Lymphangitis caused by bacterium
  • Malabsorption due to infective agent
  • Malignant endocarditis
  • Meningitis caused by Enterobacter
  • Meningitis caused by Gram positive aerobic rod
  • Meningitis caused by gram-negative aerobic bacillus
  • Meningitis caused by gram-negative aerobic coccus
  • Meningitis caused by Klebsiella aerogenes
  • Meningitis due to bacillus pyocyaneus
  • Mixed infectious disease
  • Moraxella infection of skin
  • Mycoplasma genitalium infection
  • Mycoplasmal pelvic inflammatory disease
  • Myelitis caused by bacterium
  • Myelitis caused by bacterium
  • Necrobacillosis
  • Neonatal bacterial conjunctivitis
  • Neonatal bacterial dacryocystitis
  • Neonatal dacryocystitis
  • Neonatal hemolysis with systemic bacterial infection
  • Neonatal infection of nasolacrimal duct caused by bacterium
  • Neonatal infection of umbilicus caused by multiple microbes
  • Nongonococcal urethritis
  • Nongonococcal urethritis due to Ureaplasma urealyticum
  • Obstetric breast abscess
  • Omphalitis
  • Peptostreptococcus infection
  • Postoperative bacterial endophthalmitis
  • Postoperative endophthalmitis
  • Postoperative endophthalmitis
  • Postoperative endophthalmitis
  • Postoperative endophthalmitis
  • Postoperative endophthalmitis caused by Propionibacterium acnes
  • Postoperative infectious endophthalmitis
  • Postoperative infectious endophthalmitis
  • Postoperative infectious endophthalmitis
  • Postpartum abscess of breast
  • Post-traumatic bacterial endophthalmitis
  • Propionibacterium acnes endophthalmitis
  • Prostatitis category I
  • Prostatitis category II
  • Protracted bronchitis caused by bacterium
  • Pseudomonas meningitis
  • Pyogenic abscess of skin caused by bacterium
  • Pyogenic infection of skin and subcutaneous tissues caused by bacterium
  • Sepsis caused by Chromobacterium
  • Skin involvement in bacterial endocarditis
  • Spinal epidural abscess
  • Subacute bacterial endocarditis
  • Subdural abscess
  • Superficial folliculitis caused by bacterium
  • Thyroid infection
  • Tonsillitis due to Gram negative bacteria
  • Urethral abscess
  • Urethral abscess
  • Urethral abscess
  • Urethral abscess
  • Urinary tract infection caused by Enterococcus
  • Urinary tract infection caused by Klebsiella
  • Whipple's disease
  • Yersinia erythema nodosum

Clinical Classification

Clinical Information

  • Chronic Prostatitis

    an infectious or non-infectious chronic inflammatory process that affects the prostate gland.
  • Neonatal Dacryocystitis

    inflammation of the lacrimal sac in a newborn due to blocked drainage of tears or infection.
  • Omphalitis

    inflammation of the umbilical cord stump in newborns.
  • Acute Bacterial Prostatitis|acute bacterial prostatitis

    an acute infection of the prostate gland caused by bacteria, most often escherichia coli, proteus mirabilis, klebsiella, and pseudomonas aeruginosa. signs and symptoms include fever, lower back pain, urinary frequency, and painful urination. the urinalysis reveals the presence of white cells. risk factors include intraprostatic ductal reflux, phimosis, urinary tract infections, and unprotected anal intercourse.
  • Bacterial Prostatitis

    an acute or chronic bacterial infection that affects the prostate gland.
  • Chronic Bacterial Prostatitis|chronic bacterial prostatitis

    a chronic infection of the prostate gland caused by bacteria. it is manifested with recurring urinary tract infections. the culture of the prostatic fluid, semen, or post-massage urine specimen reveals the presence of bacteria.
  • Acute Prostatitis

    an acute inflammatory process that affects the prostate gland. it is caused by bacteria, most often escherichia coli, proteus mirabilis, klebsiella, and pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Replaced Code

This code was replaced in the 2024 ICD-10-CM code set with the code(s) listed below. The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has published an update to the ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes which became effective October 1, 2023. This code was replaced for the FY 2024 (October 1, 2023 - September 30, 2024).


  • B96.83 - Acinetobacter baumannii causing diseases classd elswhr

Index to Diseases and Injuries References

The following annotation back-references for this diagnosis code are found in the injuries and diseases index. The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10-CM code(s).

Code Edits

The Medicare Code Editor (MCE) detects and reports errors in the coding of claims data. The following ICD-10-CM Code Edits are applicable to this code:

  • Unacceptable principal diagnosis - There are selected codes that describe a circumstance which influences an individual's health status but not a current illness or injury, or codes that are not specific manifestations but may be due to an underlying cause. These codes are considered unacceptable as a principal diagnosis.

Convert B96.89 to ICD-9-CM

  • ICD-9-CM Code: 041.89 - Oth specf bacteria
    Approximate Flag - The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code.

Patient Education


Bacterial Infections

Bacteria are living things that have only one cell. Under a microscope, they look like balls, rods, or spirals. They are so small that a line of 1,000 could fit across a pencil eraser. Most types of don't make you sick. Many types are helpful. Some of them help to digest food, destroy disease-causing cells, and give the body needed vitamins. Bacteria are also used in making healthy foods like yogurt and cheese.

But infectious bacteria can make you ill. They reproduce quickly in your body. Many give off chemicals called toxins, which can damage tissue and make you sick. Examples of bacteria that cause infections include Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, and E. coli.

Antibiotics are the usual treatment. When you take antibiotics, follow the directions carefully. Each time you take antibiotics, you increase the chances that bacteria in your body will learn to resist them causing antibiotic resistance. Later, you could get or spread an infection that those antibiotics cannot cure.

NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases


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Code History

  • FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
  • FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
  • FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
  • FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
  • FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
  • FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
  • FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
  • FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
  • FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.

Footnotes

[1] Not chronic - A diagnosis code that does not fit the criteria for chronic condition (duration, ongoing medical treatment, and limitations) is considered not chronic. Some codes designated as not chronic are acute conditions. Other diagnosis codes that indicate a possible chronic condition, but for which the duration of the illness is not specified in the code description (i.e., we do not know the condition has lasted 12 months or longer) also are considered not chronic.